Friday on our roundtable: Presidential election year politics: Mitt lost in Iowa and his lead in South Carolina is narrowing; Newt's women problems are back to haunt him; Perry drops out; Santorum is backed by fundamentalists, environmentalists score a key victory and the occupy movement targets Washington DC.
Iran continues its threat to close the Strait of Hormuz as US forces build up in the region and the EU threatens sanctions and Turkey calls for talks to end the standoff on Iran's nuclear power program. Meanwhile, the Arab League is being pushed to take action on Syria beyond its monitoring role and President Obama says Syria's President Assad must step down. What's going on? Who are the behind the scenes players and what will come of all this?
And the legacy of Martin Luther King; has his message been lost?
Our panelists are: Jackie Goldberg; Tom Hayden and Dr. Gerald Horne